Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-09-18
TACOMA.
YmEr CAST sEFfEE n.


uu couErL n IknALsl.t sEA1n -
mrnp own HlETB HxnEkH.
..Asr AZ basine- q being sonnlaa
M.snr Town said thai be wisheo
sstion rniahs BE- tsksn IN tbe mt
- eIafsns Of the men Who Ole
..n-k an Ninth street. Many o.
Ss6 eaIIed on him, be said. and
- kim 10 issus them warrants. X
Ssfartx, James and y. L. Wilson
sIesn 3. CARTS we're particularly %
s.stcus 10 the matter.
- ouiufon Of the City Aftnrney ne-
s.ksd. be staied THAI tnefe wss .
- 81 the Hipta sigesa fnad Of
- s1t0o. and IL any wsFranis wsRs
- thev vsuld run Short There
- rsoS,ey 10 the fund whatever, be
t...,ss,ed. bot the Shortage was IN tbe
....-rs Tor which warrants miRht BE-
..1 sThe city is qsasi tFnstse for
-. rseu. and u, 10 q measure 81
- noe In IaW, bound 20 see thai
- - Are paid. The fact h, be con
80 sVeasis, the contractor, has leo
y - - believe thst tba city wae
- ~ heir claims and would paw
- a soon 80 the work vas dose. A.
s.-~ult OF this Bisfepsessniesion, the
- vere al against the city In the 70
=. M, with the property owneFs-ali
..rsss against the city ~ hard ss theg
- They believed thai u the prop
- owners we're def ats6 the oass
"a ~ dragged through every branoh
= - eouFt and their case not paid for
~ bui that II the eity Lest u would
PAT TEEM At Oscs.
r,vI think there IL but one way fer
-. IA ufsossd N she matter and that
Z I. ,gtsr suit against tbe contractors
"a tnsy have any property they can
49,. ana n rot then they sho1ld take
.rre-fata division Of their eisims IN
rIffsnts.
nsvoF Town enduiFed n the situation
= saoh that the city might be held fer |
4 fito0 shortage V which see Oily |
i,,ssney replied that u oould not. Il
- pessr the intention OF the contract |
- b. ths city that 10 should Be
rVmastef OF collecting agent. u siD-
~ reserved from she amount dae the |
s,.traetoFs enough 10 pay The men II |
-. vss enough and - slloW she men l
s sons fofuaFd With sbeif claims and /
nlslsbes shs reservation. he said /
isfshss lhat Mr.. Ashton, FepgtssnfIuR 1
4 MseFesdy, the treasurer OF the Co
surfstIve Association which hsd charge
4 "a voFk 90 Tacoua Avenus would /
s.aueuee 80 action on Monday 20
- hat matter thrown into ths hands
4 1 fsssivef; that be Mr.. OasFollD rep
n1fnlinR Ne city bad aRFead that thai
- lhs best way 70 do IL; that the city
Soul5 Be glad 10 band over the gar
NJ 70 saoh an officer appointed By
a OOuFt and thus vast its hands Of u.
Il th0uaht that the shortage on Taco
"a AVsnBs vas probably greater than
q Ninth street bat that the Affairs
AsEs we're
20 nIxxD %
IA. nobody ooald Get head OF tail Of
l1sn % 10 this time; that the city only
tsss Frazier a Castle IN the transae-
Ia g contractors, bat that u appeared
hsy we're only nominally 90; that The
D operative company we're back Of
IN as the real contractors, bus that
M bad failed Ia the midst Of the work |
~ lhs Improvement bad been com
I,oied By the aid OF other parties. all Of
Ikon had accounts that eontlietsd with
. othsrs. This state Of ahsiTe made Il
apseially desirable that q receiver be
ppoinied. Ninth street vas different.
b be believed that the men could se
be warrants upon q pro-Fata basis Of
hllg claim by an actioo In court.
Ne. Bacon stated that be could not
b boz the city would be 10 any worse
lsdioament than u 10 nov by tbs issu
4 Of the waFxAuls for 90 mnoh ~ they
lald. anyhow, and Ia the case Of the
AsTants running short the men who
sfs lsft could fall back on the oon-
netoFa.
Ne. Collins thought % too; that the I
20 bad been kept out Of their money
n enough.
Clerk Meade said that II ID was ones
M out that the city Was ias1Ipg var.
lta the oGiioo would be hooded with
INFANTS and there uould not be near
sueh 90 30 around, and that tFoabls
dissatisfaction you'd result.
The Coaneil adiOuFned without taking
J action, And IN the informal talk
q followed the opinion vas generally
pFeaasd mr.. Carroll, Mr.. Meade, and
Aefa i0inipa in.) that 10 world be bet
70 hand the warrants over 10 Veasie
a Iss the men look ts him for q settle !
Int; that the men bad had AMPLE time
pgesenI their claims and bring an &c
., and that shs city had had tae war
Ne long enough.